Brief Life History of William Henry
When William Henry Howell was born on 31 March 1870, in Clark, Missouri, United States, his father, John Wesley Howell, was 35 and his mother, Mary Jane Rex, was 28. He married Sydney L Yolton on 10 January 1892, in Ashton, Clark, Missouri, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 1 daughter. He lived in Madison Township, Clark, Missouri, United States in 1880 and Lincoln Township, Clark, Missouri, United States for about 20 years. He died on 18 February 1950, in Ashton, Clark, Missouri, United States, at the age of 79, and was buried in Ashton, Clark, Missouri, United States.
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- Wm H Howell, "United States Census, 1930"
- Mr Wm H Howell, "Missouri, County Marriage, Naturalization, and Court Records, 1800-1991"
- William H Howell, "Iowa, Armed Forces Grave Registrations, ca. 1835-1998"
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Name Meaning
Welsh and English: in the Welsh border counties, from the Welsh male personal name Hywel ‘eminent’, popular since the Middle Ages particularly in honor of the great 10th-century law-giving Welsh king. The name may also arise from the Breton personal name Houuel, Huwel, Huwal, Howael, cognate with the Welsh name. Bretons were especially numerous in the eastern counties of England. See Powell .
English: perhaps from a Middle English personal name Huwel (spelled Howel), a shortening of Huwelot or Huelin (see Hewlett and Huling ), both pet forms of Middle English Huw (see Hugh ).
English: habitational name from Howell (Lincolnshire), from an uncertain initial element + Old English wella ‘well, spring, stream’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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